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Author Guha, Pallavi, author

Title Hear #metoo in India news, social media, and anti-rape and sexual harassment activism / Pallavi Guha, Ph.D
Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2021

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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- 1. Introduction and Historical Background -- 2. Framing of Rape in the News Media and Its Impact on Feminist Activism and Journalists: #MeTooIndia Including Themes -- 3. The Heart Does Not Bleed for Everyone: Selective Outrage and Activism -- 4. The Successes and Failures of Transnational Hashtag Movements -- 5. Moving Forward: Learning from Anti-rape Feminist Movements -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author
Summary This book examines the role media platforms play in anti-rape and sexual harassment activism in India. Including 75 interviews with feminist activists and journalists working across India, it proposes a framework of agenda-building and establishes a theoretical framework to examine media coverage of issues in the digitally emerging Global South
Subject Rape victims -- India
Sexual harrassment -- India
Sexual abuse victims -- India
Women -- Violence against -- India
Women -- Political activity -- India
Feminism -- India
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Feminism
Rape victims
Sexual abuse victims
Women -- Political activity
Women -- Violence against
India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781978805743
1978805748